Pneumatic-tire protector.



PATENTBD JULY 28, 1908.

' R. A.' MASON.

PNEUMATIC TIRE PROTECTOR.

Y APPLICATION H LED SEPT. 9, 1907.

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UNITED srArEs PATENT oracion.

.RUFUs A. MASON, or. NEW MARKET, IOWA.

-PNEUMA'Tic-rms Paorncroa.

` Speceation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jilly 23,1908.

Appueamafamfsspamber 9,1907.: .serial 110,392,019.

To-all whom it concern: l.

Be it' known that vI, Burns? A; Mason, a

.citizen of the United States, residing at New Market, in the county'or`Taylor 'and' State of Iowa, have invented certain new-and. useful lmprovements Pneumatic-TireProtectors; an I dodeclare the following 'to bea full,

clear,'and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethesame.

' This invention relates to improvements in pneumatic tire rotectors. e

VThe o bjecto' the invention is to provide a llexible, metallic armor orrotector for tires, so constructed as'to entirdly cover and protect thetire, Without interfering with the yielding of-the latter underpressure.

'With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construct1on,`combmat1on and arrangementofparts, as wlllbe more fully descri ed and particularly pointed out inthe i ace on 'the underside of the .armor or protive view of one o theplates of W ap ended claims.

n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a'wheel and tire showingthe application of .A the protector ings, 1denotes the armor or protector which i' is made up of apluralit .ofrectangularly'. shaped armor-plates, suita ly linked together to' formacontinuous flexible covering, which is adapted to beapplied to theouter side of the tire to prevent the same from being cut or puncturedThe, rows of plates, 2, which orrn the central ortion of the'protectoror armor, are provi ed adjacent to each edge with a rectangularshaped'aperture, 3L The plates, 4, forming thel ad'acent rows, aresomewhat smaller 1n size to the central plates,

2., and are provided with similar apertures, 3.

.The plates, 5,I which form'the outer rows of theprotector, are somewhatsmaller than the plates forming 'the rows, 3, the plates, 5 beingprovided with apertures, 3, only on those edges of the'same which are inengagement with the next adjacent plates, the outer ed es of the plates,5, being disposed next to t 'e rim of tlie wheel or notv provided withapertures.

The plates2, 4 and 5 are loosely connected toget' er by means of flatmetal links, 6,

which are inserted through the apertures, 3, therein from the inner sideof -the lates, andare bent over' on the outer sides t ereof, untilthelends of said links meet.l

eXible shield or armor which may be readil engaged with 4the tire of theWheel, and wi conform to the shape thereof, by reason of gradualreduction .in the sizes of the platesalong the outer ed es of theprotector.

It will be note that ltheportion of the metal between each of theapertures, 3, and the adjacent edges of the plates, is struck 4out oroffset, so that recessespr depressions, 7 are formed `o posite to eachof theaper'tures,

3, on the un er or inner sides of the lates to provide fortheaccommodation of t e links,

The l plates, when thus'vconnected together, form a' 6, whereby when thelatter are engaged with v the plates v,to couple the same 'jtogethen apractically smooth even surface is formed on the inner side of theprotector, thus 'reventing friction or wear on the tire Whic would beoccasioned bythe links, should they pro ject below theinner surface ofthe'plates. This construction of the pl'ates, and arrangement of thelinks causes the latter to project to a considerable distance on theouter sides of the plates, and.. thus form obstructions.,

which enable the wheel 'to obtain a iirm engagernent with the 'ground'and prevent 'the slipping around of the same, and also prevent lateralslipping oriskiddingof the wheel.

The armor or protector-can `bemade of various-sizes to fit largeror'sm'aller-tires by increasing or decreasing-the number of plates,

or byvarying the'size ofthe same. When I applying thearmor or rotectorto a tire, the latter is deiated and a er said protector has beenarranged thereon, the tire'is again' irlflated, and when filled out willrevent the protector from becoming' 'casual y removed therefrom. lHaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters- -Patent, is:

` yA'pneumatic tire protector, comprising a series of plates havingformed therein oppo- Zsitely disposed apertures between which and theadjacent edge of the plate the metal is offsel; isoform recesses ordepressions on the in- Inv testimony whereof I have hereunto set nel'sides of the plates, and a series of links my bend in presence of twosubscribing Witl0 adapted 0 be engaged clseclL epertres and Ilesses V,

de resse ortions of t eetes, Whereb y q sailzl links Form projectionspor obstruotionsT RUFUS A MAL'ON on thev'outer 'surface of theprotector, While Witnesses:

the inner surface of the latter is smooth or DON C. MASON,

unobstructed, substantially as described. ARTHUR C. SWEENEY.

